Notes
Gregory last chance steeple, 9th. After a long week of debating on whether to run or not, ken and I decided to run to protect our spots. No way we're there going to be 7 people that would break 9:13 and bump me out, but we were entered just in case. We hung near the back of the pack and it felt super easy so I expected it to be a slow race but when I heard 4:49 at the mile I started to wonder how he race would shape up the last 3 laps. I maintained my easy feeling until the last 800 when Kremer and Wheatie started to scream that I was on the verge of being pushed out of nationals if I didn't start moving up in the pack. The field had strung out really hard so it was hard to pass a lot of people. Ethan was with me until the last 300 when I really started to move. I got bumped and two footed the final water jump but still maintained enough balance to go back into my kick. I finished thinking I was perfectly safe but later found out that I had barely qualified for nationals, being the 20th person by .14 seconds. If I hadn't kicked at all I wouldn't have qualified. Ken and I always said that it didn't matter if we were 19th and 20th as long as we were in that's all that mattered. Well here we are #16 and #20